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Ethiopian government accused of deadly air strikes on Oromia region
By Staff Editor Posted on2022-10-282025-01-21
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Source: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ethiopia-government-accused-deadly-air-strikes-oromiya-region-2022-10-27 Summary: Oromo groups say hundreds killed in air strike No comment from government and army spokespersons Alleged strikes come as Tigray peace talks start NAIROBI, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Two organisations from Ethiopia's Oromia region have accused the army of conducting air strikes there in recent days which they said had killed...
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Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia
By Staff Editor Posted on2021-06-112022-12-18
Ethiopia: Boy Publicly Executed in Oromia Hold Abusive Officials, Security Forces Accountable Roundabout at site of Amanuel Wondimu's execution on May 11, 2021, in Dembi Dollo town, Oromia, Ethiopia. © Nakoor Malkaa VOA (Nairobi) – Ethiopian government forces summarily executed a 17-year-old boy in Ethiopia's Oromia region in broad daylight, Human Rights Watch said today....
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Eighteen killed in clashes between Ethiopia's Oromo, Amhara groups
By Staff Editor Posted on2021-04-232025-07-15
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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/eighteen-killed-clashes-between-ethiopia-s-oromo-amhara-groups-2021-04-19/ April 20, 20215:18 PM AEST Africa Reuters Clashes between people belonging to Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Oromo and Amhara, killed at least 18 people late last week, local officials said on Monday, the latest outbreak of violence ahead of national elections in June. Political and ethnic violence has become a major...
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'Slaughtered like chickens': Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-12-222022-12-18
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THE GUARDIAN Global development is supported by Guardian staff Mon 21 Dec 2020 18.15 AEDT Conflict and arms 'Slaughtered like chickens': Eritrea heavily involved in Tigray conflict, say eyewitnesses Despite denials by Ethiopia, multiple reports confirm killings, looting and forcible return of refugees by Asmara's forces A hotel damaged by mortar shelling in Humera, in...
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Family of slain Ethiopian singer mourns their 'hero like a lion'
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-07-242022-12-18
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WORLD NEWS JULY 23, 2020 Dawit Endeshaw AMBO, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The white stone house with a paved floor stands out in the Ethiopian town of Ambo, a poor region where homes are mostly constructed of wood and mud. But the surrounding fence is incomplete - a constant reminder to the elderly inhabitants of their...
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Hachalu Hundessa: 'Eighty-one killed' in protests over Ethiopian singer's death
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-07-022022-12-18
1 July 2020 Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionHachalu's songs focused on the rights of the Oromo ethnic group At least 81 people have been killed in Ethiopia after the death of a popular singer sparked huge protests in the Oromia region, a police chief said. Thousands of fans had gathered to mourn Hachalu Hundessa, who was shot...
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At Least 52 Killed in Ethiopia Protests Over Singer's Death
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-07-012022-12-18
By Reuters July 1, 2020Updated 7:01 a.m. ET ADDIS ABABA — At least 50 people were killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region in protests following the fatal shooting of a popular singer, a regional spokesman said on Wednesday, laying bare splits in the prime minister's political heartland ahead of next year's polls. Musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was...
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Hachalu Hundessa: Deadly protests erupt after Ethiopian singer killed
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-07-012022-12-18
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4 hours ago Image captionThe 34-year-old's songs focused on the rights of his Oromo people Seven people have died in Ethiopia in protests that followed the shooting dead of musician Hachalu Hundessa, well known for his political songs, medics have told the BBC. Police are investigating his death. Hachalu's songs often focused on the rights...
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ETHIOPIA: "BEYOND LAW ENFORCEMENT": HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY ETHIOPIAN SECURITY FORCES IN AMHARA AND OROMIA
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-06-012022-12-18
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RESEARCH ETHIOPIA: TORTURE AND OTHER ILL-TREATMENT 29 May 2020, Index number: AFR 25/2358/2020 The political reforms introduced in Ethiopia by the incumbent government in 2018 presented the country with an opportunity to break with its abysmal human rights record marred by extrajudicial killings, torture and other ill-treatment and enforced disappearance among other serious human rights...
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Ethiopia: Security forces 'must face justice for horrific human rights violations' - New Report
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-302022-12-18
Amnesty International UK Press releases 29 May 2020 10:8am At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region Forces have burned homes to the ground, committed rape and extrajudicial execution in response to inter-communal violence ‘With elections on the...
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Ethiopian army gunned down man because his phone rang during meeting, Amnesty says
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-302022-12-18
By Greg Norman | Fox News 29 May 2020 An Ethiopian soldier gunned down a 32-year-old businessman during a security crackdown last year because his phone went off during a public meeting, Amnesty International revealed Friday. The shocking killing was carried out as Ethiopia was trying to suppress an armed uprising by the Oromo Liberation...
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To Heal, Ethiopia Needs to Confront its Violent Past
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-302022-12-18
Laetitia Bader Senior Researcher, Africa Division Click to expand Image Visitors view photos of victims of the Derg regime in Ethiopia's Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa on March 4, 2014. © 2014 Eitan Simanor/Alamy Stock Photo. “I want to move on and feel a part of Abiy's Ethiopia. I want justice and...
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Ethiopia's security forces accused of torture, evictions and killings – report
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-292022-12-18
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/29/ethiopias-security-forces-accused-of-torture-evictions-and-killings-report Prime minister Abiy Ahmed has been lauded for his democratic reforms. But Amnesty International are now urging him to investigate allegations of serious human rights abuses Tom Gardner in Addis Ababa Fri 29 May 2020 15.15 AEST A man waves an Oromo flag as people from the community gather in Addis Ababa in October...
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ANALYSIS: THE ROLE OF THE QEERROO IN FUTURE OROMO POLITICS
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-282022-12-18
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addisstandard / May 26, 2020 / https://addisstandard.com/analysis-the-role-of-the-qeerroo-in-future-oromo-politics/ “The Oromo protests had significant impact on local administrative structures, temporarily limiting the state's presence in every corner of the Oromia region.” BY TERJE ØSTEBØ @TOSTEBO Addis Abeba, May 26/2020 – The Qeerroo movement emerged as a significant political actor in the course of the Oromo protest, and...
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Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked?
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-262022-12-18
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/21/africa-coronavirus-successes-innovation-europe-us Afua Hirsch Examples of innovation aren't getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US Thu 21 May 2020 16.00 AEST Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Dakar, Senegal, 15 May 2020: ‘Senegal is in a good position because its Covid-19 response planning began in earnest in January.'...
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Ethiopia's Delayed Polls Have More to Do With Democratic Retreat Than COVID-19
By Staff Editor Posted on2020-05-232022-12-18
Source: https://thewire.in/world/ethipia-elections-abiy-ahmed A delayed election could balkanise the country along ethnic lines and become the most severe political crisis in Ethiopia's modern history. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri/Files Mulugeta G. Berhe WORLD 19/MAY/2020 The decision by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to postpone the elections in Ethiopia has created a constitutional crisis. The...
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